Featured Image: Four protesters sentenced on October 8, 2018. Source: news.zing.vn Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 8-14. Land rights activist Do Cong Duong now faces a total of nine years in prison after being convicted on a second […]
Featured Image: Luu Van Vinh (L) and co-defendants at trial on October 5, Source: AFP Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of October 1-7. In a short and secretive trial this week, five activists were sentenced to a combined 57 […]
Featured Image: Doan Khanh Vinh Quang entering the court house, Source: Vietnam News Agency via AP Thanh Sang Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 24-30. From September 22-27, four activists from Can Tho province were tried for their activities on […]
Featured Image: Dao Quang Thuc at his trial on September 19. Source: Vu Thi Ha/ Vietnam News Agency via AP Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 17-23. This week, four more activists were sentenced to prison terms in Vietnam. Do Cong […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Tuc at his first instance trial in April 2018, Source: Radio Free Asia Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of September 10-16. On September 12, Brotherhood for Democracy member and environmental activist Nguyen Trung Truc was sentenced […]
Featured Image: Engineer Nguyen Ngoc Anh, arrested in Ben Tre province on August 30. Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the weeks of August 27-September 3 and September 4-9. Political and environmental activist Nguyen Trung Truc will go to trial on September 12, […]
Featured Image: Nguyen Van Hoa Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of August 20-26. Political prisoners Nguyen Van Hoa and Nguyen Viet Dung were beaten and forced to give testimony against environmental activist Le Ding Luong. Both recanted on […]
Featured Image: The trial of six on August 22 in Ninh Thuan province. Source: Vietnamnews.vn The 88 Project, August 25, 2018: In just the two months of July and August 2018, Vietnam has imprisoned 40 people in connection with the nationwide protests on June 10, 2018 over proposed laws on special economic zones and cyber security. […]
Featured Image: Le Dinh Luong on trial on August 16, 2018, Source: AFP Photo/Vietnam News Agency Greetings from The 88 Project! We are bringing you news, analysis, and actions regarding human rights and civil society in Vietnam during the week of August 13-18. A court in Nghe An province sentenced political activist Le Dinh Luong to 20 […]
The 88 Project, August 17, 2018: This translation is the last installment of a series of three letters that Tran Huynh Huy Thuc wrote to his family in June 2018. He has written many, many more letters that cover a variety of topics, but we have chosen these three recent ones which remind the […]